Ukraine says full NATO membership ‘only real guarantee of security’

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President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said an offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv’s control would end ‘the hot stage of the war’ in Ukraine. (AP)
  • ‘We are convinced that the only real guarantee of security for Ukraine… is Ukraine’s full membership in NATO’

KYIV: Ukraine on Tuesday called for “full” NATO membership as the only guarantee of security in the face of the Russian invasion, ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
“We are convinced that the only real guarantee of security for Ukraine, as well as a deterrent to further Russian aggression against Ukraine and other states, is Ukraine’s full membership in NATO,” the foreign ministry in Kyiv said in a statement.